how to resize physical android screen from terminal/shell

adb, android, resize, screen, tablet

Solution

I believe it is:

adb shell am display-size

but i am away from a computer to try it. An example use would be:

adb shell am display-size 640x480

Problem

A while ago, I was able to resize the screens on Android. For example, I had a Xoom, and was able to run a command from ADB which shrunk it down to a 7" screen (leaving a black border around it). Granted, it was a little buggy because the home/back/app-switch buttons disappeared, but I know it's possible. It's a 1 line command where I input the new screen resolution in X and Y pixels for the Xoom. I was wondering if anyone was familiar with this, and knows how to do it. (and if anyone says it's not possible, I can assure you it is) (and I want to do this so I can test apps in various screen sizes on my Nexus 10, and I'd prefer not using an emulator)

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